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For some stock contractors, watching their bulls graze in the field is like watching a group of schoolchildren. "You'll see a lot of them make friends among [themselves], and they'll buddy up," said Mark Reed, a stock contractor from Boonsboro. "There's some that they'll all pick on." Reed, 41, who will be bringing several of his bulls to the Professional Bull Riders Baltimore Invitational on Friday and Saturday, believes, like most stock contractors, that each bull has its own personality. "I have one now who's just kind of a Scrooge," Reed said. "He doesn't want to be around any of the other bulls. He'll go off in...

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The 27th Annual Harford County Farm...

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Are you ready for the fair?
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